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kathy gose posted an interesting new tutorial for an eyeball cane. the eyeballs are centerpieces for gose’s dragon eye beads, pictured here – she’s been fooling folks who thought they were glass.
make sure you read the tutorial all the way through. it is easy to follow; there are several photographs and a graph. i like the way she shapes the cane slice over a spoon to give it the proper 3d effect. better play nice, that thing really appears to be looking at you!
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chris wrote to say that she has posted the tutorial for her fimo gel flowers. it looks like she adapted donna kato’s layered dichroic tutorial (and she gives donna credit right at the top of the tutorial). the tutorial has lots of clear, labeled pictures, easy to understand instructions and opens up the door for many different ideas. i can’t wait to give it a try. well done. check it out here. thanks chris!
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i’m a long-time fan of melanie brooks lukacs’ porcelain beads. last year i even spent two months experimenting with tinted liquid polymer clay, glazing hundreds of impressed buttons, trying to replicate the look of the wonderful ceramic glaze that lukacs uses on her beads, charms, pendants, tiles and buttons. some day i might even show you my very large piles of buttons. or not…
right now though, i want to show you the work of this crazy-busy artist. she sells wholesale and retail, has a website, an etsy shop and a blog. as if that isn’t enough, she recently had an article published in stringing magazine. she comes up with new, fresh ideas for beads and kits and jewelry every few months. lots of inspiration here.
would you like to learn how she strings these colorful spring flower beads? here’s the free project download from stringing magazine.
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am i the last to know that christi friesen has downloadable tutorials on her website? the artist describes them with her usual dose of humor tossed in:
“CF Projects are just like one of CF’s books, only shorter and without the actual book. Instead, once you purchase a project, you will be able to download the pages directly on to your computer, and print them out at your leisure. Cool, huh?”
cool indeed. the cost is nominal (ranging from $1.99-3.99) and this one is even free! the picture below is a sample page from her giraffe project ($2.99).
as someone who has been making fish vessels and beads for years, i was taken with her putter fish! cute, huh?
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craftypod just posted a great podcast interview with sarajane helm. she shares some of her encyclopedic knowledge of polymer clay and its history in addition to speaking about her new polymer clay quilt book with judith skinner, her opinion about the different clays available and more – like her ‘bottom of the purse’ test for polymer clay. great stuff.
i visited sarajane’s website again while listening to the interview – there is always so much to see! this time i found a tutorial for making a face mold, ‘dressing’ the pulled face and finishing the face with paints. wow. this four page tutorial has very thorough instructions with lots of pictures.
need something to do this weekend? go to craftypod and listen to sarajane’s interview. ready to get your clay out and get to work? try her tutorial. that’s what i’m going to do!
